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From Political Economy to Freakonomics
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Ben Fine |
Shows how economics was once rich, diverse, multidimensional and pluralistic. Details how political economy became economics through the desocialisation and dehistoricisation of the dismal science. |
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Understanding the social economy
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Jack Quarter |
In this resource the authors integrate a wide array of organizations founded upon a social mission - social enterprises, nonprofits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associatio… |
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Culture in economics
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Sjoerd Beugelsdijk |
"Many economists now accept that informal institutions and culture play a crucial role in economic outcomes. Driven by the work of economists such as Nobel laureates Douglass North and Gary Becker, t… |
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Market relations and the competitive process
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J. S. Metcalfe,Alan Warde |
"The latest in the New Dynamics of Innovation and Competition series, this book explores this interface in a number of ways, looking at the competitive process and market relations from a number of d… |
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Talcott Parsons
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Laurence S. Moss,Talcott Parsons |
"This book consists of the first written transcription of a videotaped seminar held at Brown University on March 10, 1973. The focus of the seminar was Talcott Parsons himself who traveled down from … |
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What do economists contribute?
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Daniel B. Klein |
Economists direct their research mainly to the technical frontiers of the discipline. But the actual decisions of political economy are made not by experts but by ordinary public officials and voters… |
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Comparative health policy
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Robert H.. Blank |
"This wide-ranging text assesses the extent to which policy problems and responses in different countries have common causes or spring from specific national circumstances. This fully revised third e… |
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When to Rob a Bank
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Steven D. Levitt,Stephen J. Dubner |
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics FreakonomicsOver the past decade, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have published more than 8,000 blog posts on Freakono… |
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The moral economy
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Samuel S. Bowles |
Should the idea of economic man-the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus-determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers … |
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The economics of hate
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Samuel Cameron |
Explores the application of economics to the subject of hate via such diverse topics as war, terrorism, road rage, witchcraft mania, marriage and divorce and bullying and harassment. This title looks… |
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The body economic
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David Stuckler |
Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart di… |
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Money
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Felix Martin |
What is money, and how does it work? From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to shadow banking and the Great Recession. it's a sweeping, historical epic that traces the developmen… |
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Success and luck
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Robert H. Frank |
"A New York Times economics columnist explores the findings in recent years by scientists who have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life situations than most people imagin… |
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Economics
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Mona S. Hersh-Cochran |
"Professor Kendall Cochran was a leader in the American institutionalist school of heterodox economics. This volume includes twenty published articles and book reviews, as well as several talks given… |
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MEMEnomics
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Said Elias Dawlabani |
"Economist and founder of The Memenomics Group presents the emerging science of Memenomics that redefines cultural evolution by examining the long-term effects of economic policy on society through t… |
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Can the market speak?
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Campbell Jones |
"It is said the market has moods and desires. It is said that we must listen to it and must anticipate how it will respond to our actions. What is the significance of these peculiar forms of speech? … |
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The sovereign individual
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James Dale Davidson |
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes… |
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Health care in America
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Kant Patel |
"The present book focuses on health care disparities. ... The United States has a wonderful health care system, especially in terms of its capabilities. But it is not equally available to all. It is … |
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Engendering Economics
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Paulette Olson |
It is an amazing fact that by the 1950's the percentage of all economic doctorates awarded to women dropped by a record low of under five percent. This book supports the growing feminist literature t… |
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Conceiving Normalcy
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Elizabeth Britt |
"Elizabeth C. Britt uses a Massachusetts statute requiring insurance coverage for infertility as a lens through which the work of rhetoric in complex cultural processes can be better understood. Coun… |
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